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From: karl@ddsw1.UUCP (Karl Denninger)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures,alt.flame
Subject: Re: The future of simple BBS boards...
Message-ID: <379@ddsw1.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 21-Nov-87 12:22:25 EST
Article-I.D.: ddsw1.379
Posted: Sat Nov 21 12:22:25 1987
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References: <4942@ncoast.UUCP> <246@usl-pc.UUCP> <339@ddsw1.UUCP> <2027@crash.cts.com>
Reply-To: karl@ddsw1.UUCP (Karl Denninger)
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In article <2027@crash.cts.com> victoro@crash.CTS.COM (Dr. Snuggles) writes:
>In article <339@ddsw1.UUCP> karl@ddsw1.UUCP (Karl Denninger) writes:
>>In article <246@usl-pc.UUCP> jpdres10@usl-pc.UUCP (Green Eric Lee) writes:
>>(Hacked up and semi-quoted)

>>>Another thing that I think is necessary: USENET-style bulletin
>>>networking. The limit on a popular BBS is the number of people who can
>>>squeeze through on a single telephone line. There's a couple of ways
>>>to remove this bottleneck:
>>>b) A distributed phone-type network a' la' a mini-USENET, where
>>>several BBS's can share bulletins..... 

>>This we already have.
>>Call 'ddsw1' sometime at (312) 566-8911 or 566-8912, or any one of several
>>others in Chicago and elsewhere....

>This, on the other hand, is just a pridefull user talking about a system
>that might go into production (but the author isn't worried.)
>People-Net combines a friendly Usenet interface and the ability to
>propogate messages between systems while maintaining threads.

People-Net may have these things.... but your statement about "a system that
might go into production" is utter bull-cocka.

AKCS is not a system that *might* go into production -- it already is in
production, and has been sold to several customers - including AT&T.  It is
a commercial product with our full support behind it.  Binaries are available 
for Microport 286 & 386 as well as the AT&T 3b1 and 3b2 series.  Source 
licenses are available as well.

V4 will have a transparent Usenet interface (being worked on even
now as I post this), and will be through testing in a couple of months.  The
system will keep followups with the original, just as we currently do with
responses to items.  The only real hang-up at present is the expire function 
(which is getting our full attention).  Our current rev-level is V3.6.2

AKCS *already* provides the user with fully linked conferences, maintains
threads, permits multiple feeds without having multiple copies of items
ending up on your system, handles complete security and moderation in
conferences, and interfaces with any desired transport mechanism from uucp 
to network mail to zmodem.

Check your sources next time before you post such complete nonsense.

The above represent the official opinions and statements of Macro Computer
Solutions, Inc. and Karl Denninger -- authors and copyright holders of AKCS.

-- 

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